[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 198 (Thursday, October 13, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 63659]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-26429]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Antitrust Division

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production 
Act of 1993; Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on August 31, 2011, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Network Centric Operations 
Industry Consortium, Inc. (``NCOIC'') has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing changes in its membership. The notifications were 
filed for the purpose of extending the Act's provisions limiting the 
recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified 
circumstances. Specifically, The Open Group, San Francisco, CA, has 
been added as a party to this venture.
    Also, Israel Aerospace Industries, Ltd., Lod, Israel; Objective 
Interface Systems, Inc., Herndon, VA; International Data Links Society, 
San Diego, CA; Institute for Defense Analyses, Alexandria, VA; Center 
for Netcentric Product Research, East Hartford, CT; Vector Planning and 
Services, Inc. (``VPSI''), San Diego, CA; SYPAQ, Melbourne, Australia; 
and Telephonics Corporation, Farmingdale, NY, have withdrawn as parties 
to this venture.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned 
activity of the group research project. Membership in this group 
research project remains open, and NCOIC intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On November 19, 2004, NCOIC filed its original notification 
pursuant to Section 6(a) of the Act. The Department of Justice 
published a notice in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of 
the Act on February 2, 2005 (70 FR 5486).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on June 9, 
2011. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on July 20, 2011 (76 FR 43347).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-26429 Filed 10-12-11; 8:45 am]
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